Additional set-up menu items
USER menu
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0: L cassette
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DVCPRO/DV/DVCAM tapes can be played back by selecting the item No.108 “FORMAT SEL”
setting.
<OPERATION>
Item
Setting
No.
Superimposed display
No.
Superimposed display
Description of setting
108
FORMAT SEL
DVCPRO These settings are for selecting the format when an L
DV cassette or S cassette is used.
DVCAM The selected setting only becomes valid immediately
after the cassette has been inserted. (If the setting is
changed while the cassette remains inserted, the
display will change but the setting will not be valid. In
this case, the setting becomes valid when the cassette
is ejected and re-inserted.)
DVCPRO mode
S cassette
DV mode
1: L cassette/S cassette
DV mode
2: L cassette/S cassette
DVCAM mode
<Notes>
Bear in mind that, in addition to problems with playback,
the trouble described below may occur when a tape
which does not match the selected format is inserted.
1.
If a DV or DVCAM tape is inserted when the
DVCPRO mode setting has been selected, the
recording operation will be conducted but no
guarantee is given for the resulting performance, etc.
Conversely, recording is not possible if a DVCPRO
cassette tape is inserted when the DV or DVCAM
mode setting has been selected.
2.The REMAIN display fails to appear properly.
3.The slow-down position near the tape start or end is
not located accurately.
4.When a tape which does not match the selected
The underlining indicates the factory settings.
format is inserted, no guarantee is given for the
resulting performance, etc.
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